Phyllis Nicklin's 1953 image of Curzon Street Station
Thanks to Dave Harte I’ve just come across a series if images taken by Phyllis Nicklin but also available online. All from the archive of Birmingham University.
In September 2007 an extraordinary work of art was played out on empty land overlooked by the Grade 1, Curzon Street Station. It echoed the history of the place through a monstrous steam powered organ. Watch this video for a fraction of ...
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Blognor Regis points us to this interesting piece in the Daily Telegraph about Dan Cruickshank’s campaign to see Euston Arch Rebuilt when Euston Station is redeveloped sometime during or after 2012. The website provides some context:
The failure to save the arch ...
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Here’s the “outline design” for the new BIAD campus in Eastside, as revealed on Simon Howes’ Eastside blog. Millennium Point is in the foreground and the red blob is Curzon St Station. Simon also has a top ...
The Minister for the West Midlands, Liam Byrne has summarised the plan, as it currently stands, for Eastside. (Download his short briefing here). It appears that the old Parcel Force site next to the Grade 1 Curzon Street Station is to be ...
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Curzon Street Cat
Anne Levitt – a trustee – and the old cat found under the floorboards at Curzon Street Station. Picture from here.
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